If you have a juicer at home, by all means use it, but good store-bought 100 percent carrot juice will work just as well here.

Ingredients

Makes 4 Servings

1/3 cup raw sugar

2 tablespoons coarsely chopped peeled ginger

1 cup fresh carrot juice

1/2 cup fresh lime juice

Preparation

Bring sugar, ginger, and 1/3 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; let steep for 10 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium pitcher (you should have 1/2 cup); discard ginger. Cover and chill syrup. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep chilled.